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Definition negative

Etymology

From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negativus (“that denies, negative”), from negare (“to deny”); see negate.

Adjective

negative (comparative more negative, superlative most negative)

1. Not positive nor neutral.
2. (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]
3. (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
4. (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition.
5. Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
6. Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
7. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
8. (chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
9. (New Age jargon, derogatory) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
10. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
11. (slang) HIV negative

Noun

negative (plural negatives)

1. Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto [from 15th c.]
2. (law) A right of veto.
3. (photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse. [from 19th c.]
4. (grammar) A word that indicates negation.
5. (mathematics) A negative quantity.
6. (weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
7. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Verb

negative (third-person singular simple present negatives, present participle negativing, simple past and past participle negatived)

1. (transitive) To refuse; to veto.
2. (transitive) To contradict.
3. (transitive) To disprove.
4. (transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize.

Interjection

negative

1. (law, signalling) An elaborate synonym for no.

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